HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1300

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with MediaTek Dimensity 1300. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Architecture Bifrost Valhall
GPU frequency 720 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 10 9
Shaders 160 144
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP 1x 2000MP, 1x 32MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.4 Gbps 4.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2020 Quarter 1
Partnumber MT6893Z
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 980
484026
Dimensity 1300
684837

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Dimensity 1300
949

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Dimensity 1300
3182